Fallout 3 Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

(1) Talk with Desmond about his offer. (2) Investigate the Tribals at the Cathedral. (3) Collect seeds from the giant Punga plant. (4) Return to the Cathedral.

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After you're satisfied you've seen enough of Desmond's mansion, it's time to head out on our next mission. The second objective of this mission is to investigate the group of Tribals holed up at the Cathedral at Point Lookout (the first objective was to simply speak to Desmond about this mission). The Cathedral's full name is The Ark & Dove Cathedral, and it is due north of the Calvert Mansion, though it's going to be quite the walk getting there. In fact, if you stand in front of the mansion and look due northward, you should be able to see the structure's faint outline. So begin your trek towards the cathedral to get going on this new mission.

As you walk northward, expect to run into some enemies. The most dangerous foes you're going to face here are Mirelurks, which you'll run into when you cross the shallow waters separating the piece of land with the mansion on it from the piece of land which holds the cathedral. Most of the Mirelurks you'll face are of the standard varieties you should be familiar with from the main game, but you may run into some new strands of Mirelurk that are unique to Point Lookout and deserve cautious attention. When you finally start to approach the eerie cathedral structure, you'll need to swing around the wall surrounding it until you reach its locked gate. Here, you'll find an intercom. Speak to the man on the other side, and he'll quickly give you a task to fulfill in order to gain entrance to the Ark & Dove Cathedral.

The trek towards this new location on your map, which is on the far western end of the Point Lookout map and is called Sacred Bog Entrance, won't be an easy one. The vast majority of Point Lookout's map is a deadly swampland filled with human enemies and dangerous creatures alike. However, you're not going to have much of a choice in how you get to the Sacred Bog Entrance, and thus, you'll be forced to cross this dangerous terrain. Enemies like Smugglers are basically just well-armed Raider equivalents, while Swamp Ghouls, Point Lookout's very own Ghoul enemy, might provide you with a greater challenge than their weaker cousins roaming the Capital Wasteland.

One thing that you may want to keep an eye on here, surprisingly, is your radiation level. Because you're working your way through a swamp, you're going to come across plenty of water. If you walk through this water, which is nearly unavoidable, you'll become irradiated (and if you drink it to heal yourself in a bind, you'll become even more irradiated). This goes without saying for many gamers, but in a place like Point Lookout, radiation can sneak up on you. So keep an eye on how much radiation you're contracting at any given time, and use a RadAway if need be (or hit yourself with a Rad-X before this trek to make your life easier).